High paying office and admin jobs in Bismarck, ND with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Bismarck, ND that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Bismarck, ND run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Bismarck, ND salary is worth about 1.10× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Bismarck, ND · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$67,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,330 – $132,44040
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$63,610
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040130
3Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$61,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,130 – $77,76050
4Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$60,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,210 – $87,190310
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,130
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,28080
6Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$58,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,340 – $75,28060
7Loan Interviewers and Clerks$58,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,010 – $74,410130
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$54,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,090 – $67,50050
9Data Entry Keyers$53,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,870 – $64,71030
10Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$51,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,520 – $65,200110
11Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$51,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,890 – $66,310120
12Office Clerks, General$50,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,280 – $73,3801,470
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$50,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,060 – $66,830110
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$49,310
Some college, no degree
$37,730 – $67,310690
15Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,880 – $76,21090
16Billing and Posting Clerks$48,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,040 – $65,330120
17Bill and Account Collectors$47,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,580 – $63,670100
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $61,2301,170
19Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,420 – $62,660220
20Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,880 – $59,220190
21Customer Service Representatives$46,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,140 – $62,260980
22Tellers$43,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,340 – $48,610300
23Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,430 – $54,330440
24Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$34,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,370 – $36,510210

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianBismarck, ND	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,430	$50,330 – $132,440	40
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$63,610	$42,390 – $81,040	130
3	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,900	$47,130 – $77,760	50
4	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,260	$42,210 – $87,190	310
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,130	$42,600 – $75,280	80
6	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,870	$42,340 – $75,280	60
7	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,450	$45,010 – $74,410	130
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,490	$50,090 – $67,500	50
9	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,140	$33,870 – $64,710	30
10	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,810	$49,520 – $65,200	110
11	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,090	$42,890 – $66,310	120
12	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,400	$30,280 – $73,380	1,470
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,180	$42,060 – $66,830	110
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,310	$37,730 – $67,310	690
15	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,510	$38,880 – $76,210	90
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,360	$38,040 – $65,330	120
17	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,730	$35,580 – $63,670	100
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,580	$36,410 – $61,230	1,170
19	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,940	$35,420 – $62,660	220
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,710	$37,880 – $59,220	190
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,240	$35,140 – $62,260	980
22	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,880	$37,340 – $48,610	300
23	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,710	$28,430 – $54,330	440
24	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,470	$31,370 – $36,510	210

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bismarck, ND. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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